Firat Erdim AR'01 Receives Rome Prize in Architecture

April 15, 2014

American Academy in Rome, Entrance of the McKim, Mead & White Building

Firat Erdim AR'01 has been awarded the 2014-2015 Founders Rome Prize in Architecture from the American Academy in Rome. The winners of the 118th annual Rome Prize Competition were announced at the Arthur & Janet C. Ross Rome Prize Ceremony, held at the Harmonie Club in New York City on 10 April. Winners of the coveted Rome Prizes are provided with a fellowship that includes a stipend, a study or studio, and room and board for a period of six months to two years in Rome.

Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.